Kicking old players to the curb

[Vayne]

I've done everything at Disneyland and California Adventure at least once, but I used to live a half hour away and had an annual pass, so I could take my time. How many days did it take you to get everything done? The lines alone could have taken you days, even with fast passes.

There's a great book called the Unofficial Guild to Walt Disneyworld. I think they put out a new version every year. If you follow the tour plans in that guide, you save a tremendous amount of time. I don't think I had to wait more than 20 minutes for anything during my time down there. It was a real life saver.

It took me a week to see all of Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, Disney Studios and their Wildlife Park. I also visited Typhoon Lagoon, the water park on one of the days. Great fun.

[Peaveywolf]

Why are activities in the game that are geared for one group of people and not for others? We all paid money to play the game. There are several jumping puzzles that are completely undo-able by people like me where our sight and hand coordination are struggling. Why not to make these puzzles, that by the way what you get from the chest is pure crap, a little bit easier so everyone who paid for the game can complete them?

Many people complain that WoW was dumbed down, but the reason behind it was to allow those who lack the physical skills to be able to accomplish what others with better physical skills already had.

It is easy to make fun of old people because we lack the skills we once had, but remember this fair warning YOU NOT KITTING WAY ARE GOING TO REMAIN YOUNGER FOREVER.

I dont want a super easy jumping puzzle, but at least make the freaking thing doable somehow. I want to experience the rush of not falling-falling, but failing the same puzzle 100 times because the stupid area you need to jump is as thin as a human hair is stupid, or the squares where you jump disappear after few seconds is stupid, or like the mad king you cannot even stop to see where the hell you are jumping to is freaking stupid.

So all games should be dumbed down for gramps I am 45, please don't dumb down games. I loved WoW at the beginning, hate it now. They dumbed it down so 8 to 12 year olds could play. Give them Disney games for crying out loud

[Unseenbymosteyes]

What about people who have a fear of spiders. There are plenty of those. Is Anet discrimating against them?

I actually saw a thread once about someone asking for aNet to remove spiders from the game because of a phobia, it provided some good lolz

[chiria]

Well I am older lets say at 60 looking as 35 still ( got lucky with native american blood :P) now I do have some issues with my typing skills and have lost a mouse and keyboard already to this game which I love due to jumping puzzles. But I keep rolling on and have stopped holding my breath at jumps for fear of falling at the last moment, saying that I do not believe this game is geared for younger or older it is geared to enjoy what you can or willing to try to do even if you fail. I do respect all opinions here and do wish some would stop flaming those that all placing their feelings here, tis how they feel ya know its their mind and heart and hey let them get out there you know. Keep trying Sir I hope you stand on top of all puzzles and yell out your soul, hey I did many a time it felt good ( 700 times fall death on a puzzle 6 hours I was screaming at my poor log cabin then went outside to scream at the trees which said nothing but in the end I made it. Went to bed afterward due to exhaustion felt like XXX ya know.

[Fidjt]

A quote from Josh Foreman off official forum:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...cktower/page/2

When I made this map I was HOPING that people who aren’t into jumping would do exactly this. They’d see a fun Halloween looking environment, maybe get to the first chest and snag a goodie, then be on their merry way. I see now it was a mistake to make the hardest jumping challenge in the game part of an in-your-face update like a holiday event. I’m not going to stop making difficult stuff like this, they just won’t be so prominent in the future. I honestly hate making people upset and have a very high level of empathy. So it’s been hard hearing all the people that are so angry, frustrated and sad because of something I’ve made. But it’s just another lesson learned.

Age has nothing to do with bad design.

[Unseenbymosteyes]

A quote from Josh Foreman off official forum:
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...cktower/page/2



Age has nothing to do with bad design.

This saddens me

[Michael5188]

This is one of the biggest problems I have with modern gaming. Everything has to be doable by everyone, nothing can be challenging. Remember when beating a game or high score actually meant something, and not a task you just expected to do cause you paid for the game?

The mad king jumping puzzle was very doable, it just took a lot of time and effort, something not a lot of games these days require. I love that feeling of accomplishment, and unfortunately easy things just don't offer that.

[Bogus Dude]

LMAO one tricky jumping puzzle defines Anets entire philosophy, your right they shoulda given us something to ***** about how easy and boring it is instead. Yes i gave up on it too to go back to but didn't spend anywhere near aslong as most, more important things to worry about. I'm 38 and know i can do it if i bother to persist, i'm just not that bothered, why are you? Did it damage your ego so much finding something you couldn't do? Why are you disappointed the game actually came up with the goods when they said the game would offer varied levels of difficulty and challenges that most MMORPGs fail to deliver? We oldies complain how easy kids have it nowadays, pampered to too much, and the dumbing down of everything in fear of psychological damage that our kids might actually fail at something and yet you put yourself down to that level. So sad, get over it...and yourself!

[fireflyry]

I honestly think jumping puzzles are crap.Period.

They add very little to the game and it's a component that would never even be commented on if never introduced.Nobody would ever say...."man I like GW2 but I seriously wish they had jumping puzzles that ranged from stupid easy to take 6 hours hard"....ever.I've never ever seen that requested in any MMO I've ever played anyway.

In saying they are here and people dig them.I don't mind that.If they entail game completion/reward that players would otherwise miss out on due to the fact they may pass on playing platformers that's not right imho.What's next...FPS challenges?

[Cariad]

Sure, why not.